A longer loading ramp, taller and additional landing gear, thicker mandibles with lights, a tidier under-belly, a tiled interior, and some obvious aesthetic changes were made to Lego's latest Falcon. The tan 2X2 version can be viewed using the link posted above. The lighted version can be seen further down.

Last edited by piaknowguy on Sat Sep 08, 2012 11:47 pm, edited 11 times in total.

I like a lot of the modifications you made and it looks a lot more usable and fit to the movie in size compared to the figures. I'm not a big fan to the extensive use of the smooth pieces, but I like the studded look to models.

I like all the tiling! Personally I might remove the occasional tile as the Falcon was a hodgepodge of parts and panels, but this is your creation so ultimately it's up to you. I really like how you cleaned up the technic beams on the underside.

As a project I'd like to take this same kit (7965) and add the fifth landing gear leg, have a proper longer and less steep boarding ramp w/ actuators, and try to make the underside at least match the top. I'd also like to put the spring-loaded missile launchers in the tunnel between the mandibles.

I could go either way with the tiling. I also like the studded look but had some tiles that I found useful. I also find that the model looks way better viewing it in real time as opposed to capturing a still image. The light playing off the top is not static and therefore much more interesting.

@Bellicose

This kit does have it's limitations. (as well as my selection of bricks) I was able to add 2 stud lengths to the ramp, which doesn't sound like much, but does make quite a difference. I loved your idea for the fifth landing gear leg, so I took the liberty of adding it, as you can see by the images below. Thank-you!!

@Solo

Thanks for your comment. I know it cliche but . . . when handed a lemon, make lemonade. You are right in the sense that this is no 10179 kit (which I could never buy, or my wife would kill me! =) ), however, it was a fun kit to build and modify. I haven't yet modified the interior and, as it sits on a desk, am not sure that I will.

I was hoping not to bury the video link in this post, as many who had already viewed this particular thread would probably miss it. That was my reasoning for posting it as a separate topic. However, I do moderate in another forum and understand that you are just doing a bit of house-cleaning. No problem . . . You were right, of course. I should have just changed the original post title in the first place.

That is really impressive. The only small suggestion I would make would be maybe mix up the tiling, use some 1x1, some 1x2 (in both orientations) some 2x2, maybe even the odd cheese slope, to combat the regular patterning that seems slightly at odds (to me, anyway) with the Falcon's "hunk o' junk" nature. It might work even better if you could mix old and new light grey elements, but maybe that would just look weird.